A story of the #encryptionsts being pushed by the #fashernistas really highlights the #geekproblem https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2018/03/usability-of-key-distribution-in-blockchain-backed-electronic-voting/
Usability of Key Distribution in BlockChain Backed Electronic Voting
I went to an event a few weeks ago where some leading BlockChain organisations were showing off the power of Distributed Ledgers and how they will transform society. Not one of them mentioned users. There was talk of investors, stakeholders, corporations, smart-contract-backed entities. But no users. No real people who have to interact with their services. That's par for the course at this stage of an emerging technology - everyone is running away, shiny-eyed, into the future tech utopia,…